Henry Jones
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Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American actor of stage, film and television. Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk. He attended the Jesuit-run Saint Joseph's Preparatory School. Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie The Bad Seed (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theatre credits included My Sister Eileen, Hamlet, The Time of Your Life, They Knew What They Wanted, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and Sunrise at Campobello, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Performance in a Drama. Jones appeared in more than 180 movies and television shows. His screen credits included The Girl Can't Help It, 3:10 to Yuma, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Vertigo, Cash McCall, The Bramble Bush, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee, Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Arachnophobia. On television, Jones appeared in Appointment with Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Eleventh Hour, Channing, Phyllis, Night Gallery, Emergency!, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He played Dr. Smith's cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost In Space, "Curse Of Cousin Smith," great acting by Henry, and R.J. Hoferkamp in the 1968 made-for-television western movie Something for a Lonely Man. Jones died in Los Angeles, California, at age 86, from complications from injuries suffered in a fall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jones (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Vertigo (1958)
as Coroner
Dick Tracy (1990)
as Night Clerk
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Bike Salesman
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
as Alex Potter
Arachnophobia (1990)
as Dr. Sam Metcalf
Nine to Five (1980)
as Mr. Hinkle
The Grifters (1990)
as Sims
The Bad Seed (1956)
as Leroy Jessup
Deathtrap (1982)
as Porter Milgrim
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
as Henry Jackson
Mastergate (1992)
as Oral Proctor
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Mr. Amos Gutteridge
Tail Gunner Joe (1977)
as Armitage
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
as Hy Slager
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Ez
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry (1971)
as Judge
This Is the Army (1943)
as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
The Outfit (1973)
as Doctor
The Champagne Murders (1967)
as Mr. Clark
Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975)
as Lee Jones
Angel in My Pocket (1969)
as Will Sinclair
Tom Sawyer (1973)
as Senhor Dobbins
The Mystery of Thirteen (1957)
as Walter Palmer
Skin Game (1971)
as Sam Cutler
Love Hate Love (1971)
as Tom Blunden
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
as Mr. Tucker
Rascal (1969)
as Garth Shadwick
Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
as Old Man
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
as Henry Rufus
The Girl He Left Behind (1956)
as Hanson
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
as Rev. Green
Project X (1968)
as Dr. Crowther
The Movie Murderer (1970)
as Martin Moss
The Bramble Bush (1960)
as Parker Welk
Please Call It Murder (1975)
as Dr. Vincent
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
as Mousie
Nowhere to Run (1989)
as Judge Culbert
Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Sam
Picture Windows: Lightning (1995)
as Assayer
Cash McCall (1960)
as Gil Clark
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970)
as Hanson
Angel Baby (1961)
as Ben Hays
Rabbit, Run (1970)
as Mr. Angstrom
The Lady Says No (1952)
as Potsy
Grass Roots (1992)
as Sen. Ben Carr
The Letters (1973)
as Mailman
The Best Years (1963)
as Dean Baker
The Leftovers (1986)
as Thorndike
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972)
as Codge Collier
The Crucible (1967)
as Reverend Parris
Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang (1982)
Actor
The 48-Hour Mile (1970)
as Decker
California Gold Rush (1981)
as Joe Gillis
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
as R.J. Hoferkamp
Never Too Late (1965)
as Dr. Kimbrough
The Magic Statue (1982)
as Cyril Carson
Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974)
as Theodore Menlo
Taxi (1953)
as Thorndike (uncredited)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985)
as Phillips
Mr. Matches (1953)
as Mr. Matches
Hitched (1973)
as Barnstable